Definition of Stealing

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Definition of Stealing
	Stealing of Steal The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural. Related Definitions: Act, And, Another, Chiefly, Consent, His, In, Is, Knowledge, Larceny, Of, Personal, Plural, Property, Steal, Stolen, Taking, That, The, Theft, Used, Which, Without

Stealing Quotations

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
Theodore Roosevelt

Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old.
Erma Bombeck

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.
George Orwell

MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic.
Eddie Izzard

In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn't have any trouble catching the man because he was completely out of breath.
Conan O'Brien

I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man.
Frank Carson

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
Bo Jackson

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
Doris Lessing

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
Barry White

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
Irvine Welsh

Stealing Translations

stealing in German is entwendend, stehlend
stealing in Spanish is hurto

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